Not valid for clients active within the past 12 month(s). Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 additional as...
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Not valid for clients active within the past 12 month(s). Limit 1 per person, may buy 1 additional as gift. Limit 1 per child. Valid only for option purchased. All goods or services must be used by the same person. Must be 5 years or older. Valid only for local clients. Appointment required for first class.
Instructors lead students of all experience levels through martial-arts classes. Boost confidence, improve focus, learn self-defense
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- Two Weeks of Unlimited Martial Arts Classes for Kids
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Martial Arts Belts: Working Your Way Up the Rainbow
Brand-new
martial arts students begin with the blank slate of white belt. Learn
where they go from there with Groupon’s look at martial arts belts.
There’s
an old story about the evolution of the system of colored martial-arts
belts: donning fresh white belts at first, trainees would let them
darken over time with sweat and dirt, until, after years of increasing
mastery, they turned almost black. If it sounds like a story that’s too
good to believe, it almost certainly is. Although the belt system is
conceivably an ancient tradition handed down from sensei to sensei, its
origins can be readily traced to the early 20th century. That’s when Dr.
Jigoro Kano was developing a new form of physical education for
Japanese public school students: judo, a safer version of the jujitsu
fighting style. Facing an influx of new students, he devised a hierarchy
of colored belts to illustrate their progress at a glance rather than
having to ask each one to fight him every day.
How quickly
athletes move up the ladder will depend on the teacher, the dojo, and
the style, in addition to their skills. They may advance by taking a
formal exam with practical, oral, and written sections; they may be
asked to spar with students in the next level to prove their readiness;
or they may be awarded a different color belt because the old one
clashes with their eyes. And in any discipline, tying on a black belt
doesn’t mean you’ve made it. Instead, one might think of it as being
inducted into an advanced training program. In karate, for instance,
there are 10 grades of black belts, some of which require up to 10 years
of study to attain.